I had a chance to give a lecture titled “One Village One Product (OVOP) Movement and Local Development” in a JICA training course for 4 officers from the Maldives in JICA Tsukuba.
We visited Cianjur, West Java, in 8-9 October 2019 with mission from local government of Minakami town, Japan, to prepare JICA Grass-root Cooperation Project on agro-tourism next year.
Kami mengunjungi Kabupaten Cianjur, Jawa Barat, pada tanggal 8-9 Oktober 2019 bersama rombongan Pemkot Minakami, Jepang, untuk persiapan Proyek Kerjasama Akar Rumput tentang agrowisata yang akan mulai tahun 2020..
2020年度実施を検討しているアグロツーリズムに関するJICA草の根協力事業（地域活性化枠）の準備のため、みなかみ町職員２名とともに、2019年10月８～9日、西ジャワ州チアンジュール県を訪問しました。
In 4 October 2019, we gave a guest lecture in Southeast Sulawesi University with the title “Business for Social Welfare”.
Pada tanggal 4 Oktober 2019, kami kasih kuliah tamu di Universitas Sulawesi Tenggara, Kendari, dengan judul “Kewirausahaan untuk Kesejahteraan Masyarakat”.
2019年10月４日、クンダリの東南スラウェシ大学にて、「社会福祉のためのビジネス」と題した特別講義をインドネシア語で行いました。
We visited Bada Valley in Central Sulawesi Province, 29 September to1 October 2019, with Dr. Isamu Sakamoto, a specialist of paper making technique. This time we wanted to see current situation about barkcloth or paper/cloth made from tree skin in Bada.
Barkcloth making technique in Bada and its surrounding areas have been kept since about 3,000 years ago until now, even if its technique succession might be more difficult after modernization drive became stronger with easier transportation access. It took about 10 hours from Tentena to Bada with jeep when we visited here in 1991, and now only 2 hours by Avanza.
We visited Palu in 28-29 Sep 2019 to watch current situation after 1 year from the disaster (earthquake, tsunami, and liquefaction). Visited Talise beach, Jono Oge, Vatumonju, Wani port etc.
In 15-21 September 2019, we had a business trip to Aceh and Medan in the name of the JICA grass-roots Project for Sixth Industrialization (cultivation, processing and promotion) of Citrus Resources in Central Aceh District Utilizing Knowledge of Ochi Town. We mainly stay in Takengon, capital city of Central Aceh District.
In 18-25 August 2019, I was a coordinator of Dari K Cacao Tour with 25 participants in Sulawesi (Polewali and Makassar), Indonesia. This tour has been annually organized by Dari K Co., Ltd., a chocolate producer in Kyoto with cacao from Sulawesi since 2014.
In 15 August, 2019, we had a meeting with local government of Minakami town to discuss about preparation of JICA grass-roots program on agrotourism.
Pada tanggal 15 Agustus 2019, kami mengadakan rapat dengan Pemda kota Minakami untuk diskusi tentang persiapan program JICA tentang wisata agro.
2019年８月15日は、みなかみ町を訪問し、JICA草の根事業の準備について、町役場と話し合いを行いました。
In 9-11 August 2019, by invitation from Mr. Ryoichi Wago, a poet based in Fukushima, we have a chance to meet and communicate with a team of Australian performing artists who visited Iitate village, Fukushima, to create their performance art with local peoples.
We visited South Sulawesi (Wajo and Makassar) and Jakarta with the team of Ishikawa Prefecture government, Japan, to investigate current agricultural situation. Ishikawa Prefecture plans to propose some cooperation programs in agriculture development in the long run with Wajo District government.
Ishikawa Prefecture wants to make some contribution to agricultural mechanization, training of farmers, and income increase of farmers.
In 1-2 August 2019, we discussed with a trainee sending organization (LPK) in Padang about our future cooperation. We have confirmed the direction of specializing a skill/technic at first and sending trainees to learn the skill/technique in Japan. We hope those trainees become good human resources to be utilized after coming back to Indonesia.
In 3-4 July 2019, we visited Ishikari city, Hokkaido, with Mr. Ahmad Sarita of LPK Bhumi Ika Nuswantara and International Relations Organization (IRO) to discuss about cooperation of technical intern program in Ishikari city. And we visited New-Ishikari Port area, too.
MoU on Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) or Tokutei Ginou was singed by Government of Indonesia and Government of Japan in 26 June 2019.
You can read the original text of MoU in English, Indonesian and Japanese.
English: https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/files/000492333.pdf
Indonesian: https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/files/000492335.pdf
Japanese: https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/files/000492327.pdf
According to this MoU, accepting organization (AO) or Japanese company registers in the IPKOL (online computerized labor market information system in Indonesia) to get access for publishing job vacancies and receiving database of SSW candidates in Indonesia.
SSW candidates put the data in IPKOL. No need through LPK. Government of Indonesia will inform how to put the data of SSW.
At first, please read the original text of MoU carefully.
As every year, we sponsored and participated in Makassar International Writers Festival (MIWF) in 26-29 June 2019.
MIWF started in 2011 as peoples’ oriented festival as gathering of Indonesian and overseas writers and poets with a lot of kind of interested sessions to present new books by the authors or discuss about many topics related to history, current affairs, and future peoples’ oriented community life.
In MIWF 2019, we had a session about Kikigaki (listening and writing) as titled “Story Telling, Disaster and Resilience”. We invited Prof. Motoko Shimagami (Ehime Univ) as coordinator of transfer of Kikigaki Program origined from Japan to Indonesia, Dr. Zaenal Abidin (IPB) as coordinator of Kikigaki Program in Indonesia, Ibu Risna Abbas (teacher of SMAN 2 Banawa, Donggala) as educator for Kikigaki group in her highschool, Dr. Lilan Dama (LPPM UNG) as coordinator in Gorontalo, and three young participants of Kikigaki program (Mr. Reza, Ms. Fira, and Ms. Putri). » Read more
We visited several Japanese language training centers or LPKs in Padang and Makassar this time. We discussed about current situation of technical trainee program to Japan and our cooperation.
In 24 June 2019, we had a chance to explain about Tokutei Ginou to ex-Kenshusei and Japanese language training centers in Padang, cooperated with labor office of West Sumatra provincial government and LPK Smart College.
We made this small seminar because of many untrue and manipulated information about Tokutei Ginou and because many ex-Kenshusei were deceived.
We visited Payakumbuh in 21-23 June 2019 with AKARA Training Center to see the training of candidates to participate trainee program in Japan. There were around 30 candidates studying basic of Japanese language. We gave some speech to encourage their motivation.
I participated the 20th Spring Conference of the Japan Society for International Development (JASID) at Rikuzen-Takata city, Iwate Prefecture, in 15 June 2019.
Rikuzen-Takata is one of the biggest damaged cities of East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 11 March 2011. Almost all city center was totally disappeared by more than 15 meter-high tsunami only for a while. Now, Rikuzen-Takata has tried to build new city on the lost old city area with deep and long sadness with pray for many victim citizens.
In May 5-9, 2019, we participated in the “Grameen-Sunpower Social Business Startup Tour in Bangladesh”, co-hosted by Sunpower Co. Ltd. and Grameen Group. This was the first visit to Bangladesh for us.
This tour aims to create a trigger for SMEs in Japan to start up their social business in overseas. Sunpower Co. Ltd. has been working as a social business of recycling used tires and auto repair in Bangladesh with the Grameen Group, which includes the world famous Grameen Bank, etc..
I had a chance to give three lectures in faculty of Economics and Business, Brawijaya University, in Malang, Indonesia. All lectures in bahasa Indonesia.
